Lock.



10.827,583. PATENTBD JULY'sl, 1906.

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LOCK.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 2, 1905.

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GEORGE VEITOH, OF HERKIMER, NEW YORK.

LOCKrl Specification-of Letters Patent.

Patented July 31, 1906.

Application filed August 2, 1905. Serial No. 272.435.

To all whom it may concern/.-

Beit known that I, GEORGE VEiToH, a citi- Zen of the United States,residing at Herkimer, in the county of Herkimer and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Locks, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved means whereby the covers of abook, album, portfolio, or kindred article can be securely lockedtogether, so as to protect the contents thereof against the intrusion ofinquisitive individuals.

The object of the invention is to provide a device of the charactermentioned which will be simple and durable in construction and efficientin operation and which can be manufactured at a comparatively smallcost.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and alsoto acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means foreffecting the result reference is to be had to the following descriptionand accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective viewshowing my improved lock applied to a portfolio. Fig. 2 is a perspectiveview, parts being broken away, of the portfolio, showing the coversopen. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view through the portfolio. Fig.4 is a detail perspective view showing the locking members and portionsof the covers to which they are attached.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

This invention is illustrated as a Y plied to a portfolio comprisingcovers l an 2, which are connected by means of a flexible back 3 and areprovided with pockets 4. The free edges of these covers are providedwith corresponding notches 5, and a plate 6 is securely attached to thecover l and is provided with downwardly-projecting catches '7, which4pass through the notch 5. A similar plate 8 is secured to the o positecover 2 and has a spring-lock 9 hinge thereto, said lock being adaptedto swing around in the notch 5 and engage with the catches 7 on theoppo'- site cover. The lock 9 is adapted to be operated by a key l0, sothat the device is securely protected against intrusion by outsideparties.

Owing to the fact that the cooperating locking members fit in thenotches 5, the lock is fiush with the front of the article to which itis attached, and there are no external proj ections to catch uponoutside articles. The notches 5 also serve as a protection for thehinged joint connecting the lock 9 and the plate 8 and renders itimpossible for any one to obtain access to the portfolio withoutdetection by removing the pintle, as might otherwise be the case.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- As a newarticle of manufacture, a portfolio or the like provided with meetingedges designed to be locked together each 0f said edges being providedwith a notch portion the end walls of which produce shoulders, a plate 6rigidly secured to one of said edges at the notched portion thereof andlying flush" with said edges and provided with catches projectinginwardly through said notch and within the margin of the same, and alock 9 fitting within the notch of one edge with its ends abuttingagainst the shoulders formed by the end walls of the said notch andhaving its pintle secured within the notched portion, said lock beingdesigned to extend inwardly toward the plate secured to the other edgeand to receive the catches projected from said plate, the ends of saidlock fitting snugly between the shoulders formed by the end portions ofthe notch in the meeting edge carrying the said plate and catcheswhereby the lock is supported against endwise strain and the pintlethereof protected.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE VEITOH. [L. s] Witnesses:

JOHN LEON,

TOM F. ZoLLER.

